Primary completion (UIS) in Zimbabwe

In Zimbabwe, 88.8% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005.

Completion rate, primary education % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2005 to 2019 Source: UNESCO UIS

Zimbabwe, 2019 88.8% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age

Change from 2015 +0.7percentage points 2015: 88.1%

Position in 2019 48th of 61 See the full ranking

Primary completion (UIS) in Zimbabwe over time: Girls

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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, primary education (% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age), 2005 to 2019
Period	Zimbabwe
2019	91.6%
2015	89.2%
2014	90.7%
2012	87.1%
2010	90.6%
2009	90.0%
2005	88.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

The previous available figure was 88.1% in 2015, a change of +0.7 percentage points.
Since 2005, when it was 87.3%, the figure has changed by +1.5 percentage points.
Among the 61 countries with data for 2019, Zimbabwe has the 48th highest value.

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All statistics for Zimbabwe

Lower secondary completion 72.4% 2015 · UNESCO UIS Primary school completion rate 86.0% 2024 · World Bank ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 30.1% 2025 · ILOSTAT Upper secondary completion 14.0% 2019 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school children 10.5% 2024 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school adolescents 12.9% 2024 · UNESCO UIS

Source and dates

Original producer: UNESCO UIS
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code: CR.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 2005 to 2019 for Zimbabwe
Provider update: Not stated by the provider
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org

How Zimbabwe compares in 2019 Neighbouring positions among 61 countries with a value for 2019.

45 Colombia 93.9%
46 Dominican Republic 90.7%
47 El Salvador 89.8%
48 Zimbabwe 88.8%
49 Honduras 87.4%
50 São Tomé and Príncipe 87.1%
51 Bangladesh 82.6%

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Zimbabwe by sex

Total 88.8%2019
Girls 91.6%2019
Boys 86.4%2019

Each group's most recent published value. Open a group to see its trend.

What this measures

Share of children aged 3 to 5 years older than the official age for the last grade of primary school who have completed primary education, mostly measured in household surveys (SDG indicator 4.1.2).

Survey years differ between countries; check the year shown for each value.
This survey-based rate differs from the World Bank's primary completion rate, which compares new entrants to the last grade with the population of that age.

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